The Evil Empire is now in Miami

(From Left to Right) James, Wade, and Bosh.  

The Miami Heat is now the, “Evil Empire” of basketball.  They will be both loved and hated, “game in and game out”, and now I understand and appreciate this.  The team that I have supported is now the hated team; I can truly understand why Yankee, Laker, Patriot, Steeler, and Celtic fans enjoy being hated.  Not until my team, had two of the top 3 players in the game, did it dawn on me how fun, and enjoyable the next 5-6 years is going to be.  Winning it all multiple times will make us arrogant and hard to deal with, walking around in other cities and states with the swagger of a late 80’s Hurricane football player.  And that is exactly what GM Pat Riley wants us to be.  People will cry foul, and talk about the conspiracy, and Heat fans will smile and laugh, and enjoy knowing that it is all jealousy.  Riley has had a plan in place for years, to make what just happened, happen.  Trades, losing out to some high priced all-stars; only to acquire superstars.  Now I don’t go around calling everyone superstars.  There may only be two handfuls of superstars, with a plethora of all-stars.  Barbershop all over the country, there are conversations on who is the best basketball player in the NBA. And in probably 80% of them Lebron James and Dewayne Wade are in that conversation.  That is what we have in Miami now.  There has never been a team with this type of talent.  Now talent alone isn’t going to win it all, we all know that the Lakers have the proven recipe to win.  But so does GM Pat Riley.  So now when I watch baseball and I see that ridiculous pitching staff and lineup of the New York Yankees, I tip my hat and smile, knowing that my version is in my city.